Sneaky Peeky pics...

always make me go ooooohhh and make me impatient to see the whole she-bang! I know that's kinda the point, but I'm not exactly a long-attention-span-come-back-to-see-more kinda girl! LOL :) But I'm learning...and I hope everyone else is too...

b/c I've got some litle sneaky peeky pics...detail shots...and some love to share on these class projects! :)

First up, Hambly and American Tag "Mixed Up Mini Album" class...

From the very first second I started thinking about classes this year, I wanted to get some Hambly happening! I have a serious Hambly obsession and ocassionally have to put.down.the.Hambly and try something else (although sometimes unwillingly!) LOL :) Then, Marla introduced me to the "Tag Man" of American Tag Co. at CHA. I'll be honest...I would've normally walked past this booth b/c its very artsy-mixed media collage type stuff when you look at the booth as a whole. But Marla went in, and of course I followed. As I browsed, my heart rate went higher and higher! Dude, they are like the company that not a lot of scrappy folks know about yet that everyone needs to know about! I totally looked like this... :D with a huge stupid grin. They have envelopes, tag, ticket rolls, twine...all the coolest little detail stuffs. I was totally lusting over a mixed set of their tags (secretly wishing that I could puppy dog eye my way into a pack to bring home). So when I got them to sign on for sponsorship (yes, with *that* tag set!!), I knew they were a perfect match with my belovedly funky-fresh Hambly goodies! :)

This class has it all--Hambly metallic! papers, transparencies (including new release!), stickers, and rub-ons, then the American Tag mixed set of tags! SO MUCH FUN!!! And for the scrapper in you, I made sure it fits a ton of pics--12 to be exact!

So with no further adieu (is that how that goes?)...

Mixed Up Mini Album...

Next up is Pink Paislee Fascinating Frame-Up class:

Okay, so this class is one that my husband thinks I'm a little crazy for. But he's not scrappy-crafty-trendy like I am...or you are! ;) I read lots and lots of blogs (too many if I'm honest!). But one of my faves is SouleMama. She makes me want to be a better mom...the kind that sits in the grass and knits while the kids have time for super-creative freedom to run around the woods. (Instead, I'm running here and there...PTA to soccer to gymnastics to girl scouts to room mom with a line of rotating kids behind me in the minivan...repeat tomorrow) Anyway, I digress... The point is she's a Fabric Queen and has often showed pics of her fave fabrics hanging in embroidery hoops all over her house. So gorgeous...and so cheap! Two of my fave things! ;) I've also seen this happening in the scrappy world a bit lately...at CHA, on 2Peas, in my lss. It's definitely a hot up-&-coming trend with all the scrap-jumped-to-home-decor style we've got rollin' right now. So, inspired by the Fabric Queen & more, this Pink Paislee class centers around marrying a gorgeously polka-dottie paper stylishly into an embroidery hoop...with all the associated distressing, wrinkling, curling and more! Makes such a fun backdrop for the stickers, chipboard, brads, and more that we'll pile onto the middle to make a fun framed layout! :) Did I mention that Pink Paislee *rocks* the generosity gene and this class is stacked with Fascinating line goodies? So, you can get more embroidery hoops and have enough product to make a whole wall of "Frame Up" layouts! Dude! :)

Here's the pic:

Okay, one more for today...

by special request...

Art Rebel Junk Gypsy banner class with Glitz and Canvas Corp.

In case you don't know, I have a bit of an obsession with color...lots of colors. But one of my fave combos is always red/turquoise/black. So you can imagine my joy when I saw the Glitz Rebel line! Well, the name probably helps too...wanna-be Rebel that I am! ;) So gorgeously grungy makes me a happy girl! And when they said that they'd sponsor, but could I please use the roller doodles in the class, I was like "Uh, YEAH!!!!" Love those little guys...so cool and sometimes hard to find! So then I started thinking of a project and came up with the coolest inspiration. A friend has previously hooked me up with the Junk Gypsy site...to drool, wish, and dream about the day that I can afford a $100 bracelet of vintage baubles! Ding, ding, ding...I can't afford it, nor is it scrappy in the least, but by goodness, I'm gonna turn that bracelet want into a scrappy love project! :) And so was born this class "Art Rebel Junk Gypsy banner". I think you'll agree that we totally get Junk Gypsy'd in this class...with a bunch of vintage-inspired buttons, nailheads, distressing, bottlecaps, rub-ons, and more! And the banner part? That's thanks to Canvas Corp., a company that is crossing over from the home interiors side of the crafting world to the scrappy side with a new line of canvas blanks, perfect for banners, canvas albums, wall hangings, tags for traditional layouts, and more! Their booth was like a free pass to an art store, but with super nice folks that would actually help you and not look at you crazy when you said "What's gesso?" LOL :) Remember those roller doodles I mentioned? We're roller doodling onto...Canvas!! Yep, I said it! And it is ridiculously COOL!

So, here's the peek-a-boo...

How's that looking? Sounding good?

I hope so b/c I'm super-duper excited about these classes! :)

I'm off to the gym to shiggle these pounds away (darn Christmas fudge...still), but I'll be back with more sneaky-peeks and some KI lovin' too. :)

XOXO...Stac :)